Combination shoe-shining cabinet



July 2, 1935.

G. BUSKEY COMBINATION SHOE SHINING CABINET Filed Sept. 6, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l fiear e B 106/16.

July 2, 1935. G. BUSKEY 2,007,072

COMBINATION SHOE SHINING CABINET Filed Sept. 6, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 2, 1935 UNITED STATES:

TPTATENT OFFICE 2,007,072 COMBINATION SHOE-SHINING CABINET George B ilskey,Clay, Y. V Application smmialt, 193i, SerialiNo. 743,025 '2 3 claims. f'rcrfis zcsy This invention relates to a cabinet designed for initial'installation in a building inset in a wall thereof, or for use as an accessory, for instance, in the bath room, adapted to contain shoe-shin- 5 ing equipment, and normally disappeared means within the cabinet to support the shoe during the shining operation.

It is aimed to provide a novel construction of support for the purpose mentioned, capable of compact folding so as to enter the cabinet and capable of extension to its normal position of use.

It is also aimed to provide a section of the cabinet to contain smokers articles, accessible at all times, as well as being handy during the act of shining the shoes.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings, illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, with the doors in open position;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of line 5-5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3, but with the foot supporting means extended and in operative position;

Figure '7 is a sectional view taken on the line of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a detail section taken on the line 88 of Figure 7, and

Figure 9 is a detail cross section taken on the line 99 of Figure 7.

Referring specifically to the drawings, l designates a suitable cabinet of wood, metal, or otherwise adapted to be built into a wall or hung thereon as preferred, such cabinet having a lower compartment II and an upper compartment l2, such compartments being normally closed respectively, by individual doors l3 and l 4, respectively, hinged in place as at l and I6, respectively, and each having a manually operable latch as at I! and I8, respectively.

In the lower compartment l I, supporting means generally designated IQ, for a shoe while being cleaned or polished, is contained so as to be concealed normally, but projected into the operative position of Figures 6 and 7, when desired, with the door l3 open. The said upper compartment I2 is adapted-to contain smokers articles oraccessories20 as shown,- so as to be convenient to one I while cleaning or polishing the shoes. At the same time, it will be realized that the compartment I2 is accessible at all times to the smoker. It is preferably lined with tin or other metal as at 2| and is provided with vent openings as at 22, for the escape of smoke or products of combustion from cigars, cigarettes, or the like, left within the compartment l2.

Said shoe supporting means I9 comprises a main section 23 which has a transverse tube 24 journaled on a bolt 25 passing through one of the side walls of the cabinet and through a partition wall 26 parallel therewith and which isolates the means I9 from a further compartment 21 adapted to contain shoe cleaning, polishing and like materials.

Said section 23 may be metallic and have its side members 28 of channel form. A shoe-supporting section 29 is also provided to which is fastened a shoe rest 30. Section 29 has side bars 3| telescoped and slidable in the channel member 28 and it also has a rod 32 slidable in a recess 33 provided in the section 23. Because of this construction, section 3| may be normally close to the other section so that they may be folded within the cabinet as shown in Figure 3, and also so that when the sections are exteriorly of the cabinet they may be extended as shown in Figures 6 and '7 to better accommodate the user. Attention is called to the fact that the extending movement of the section 29 is limited to the automatic engagement of a clutch element 34 in an opening 35 in one of the bars 3|. Such clutch element 34 is slidable in a recess 36 in the main section 23, against the tension of an expansive spring 31, such clutch member having a base 38 adapted to abut a portion of one of the channel members 28, about an opening 39 therethrough through which the clutch member passes. The outer end of the clutch member is hemispherical so as to be automatically engageable and disengageable from the opening 35.

Hinged at 40 to the under side of the section 29 is a prop 4|. Such prop in the extended position of the foot support abuts the under surface of the section 29 as shown in Figure 6. However, when the device is folded, such prop section 4| swings against the section 29 into the position shown in Figure 3, it being clear that the prop section automatically opens to the position of Figure 6 as the shoe-supporting means is extended from the cabinet.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:-

1. A device of the class described having a pivotally mounted section provided with channel members at the sides thereof, a section having a. shoe rest thereon, bars on the second mentioned section slidable in said channel members, a. bar between the first mentioned bars carried by the second mentioned section slidable in a recess in the first mentioned section, and a clutch means engageable with one of said channel members limiting the extension of the sections.

2. A device of the class described having a pivotally mounted section provided with channel members at the sides thereof, a section having a shoe rest thereon, bars on the second mentioned section slidable in said channel members, a. bar between the first mentioned bars carried by the second mentioned section slidable in a recess in the first mentioned section, a clutch means limiting the extension of the sections comprising a spring pressed clutch on the main section, and registrable openings in one of the first mentioned bars and the adjacent channel member engageable by said clutch.

3. A device of the class described having a pivotally mounted section provided with channel members at the sides thereof, a section having a shoe rest thereon, bars on the second mentioned section slidable in said channel members, a bar between the first mentioned bars carried by the second mentioned section slidable in a recess in the first mentioned section, and a clutch means limiting the extension of the sections comprising a spring pressed clutch on the main section, and registrable openings in one of the first mentioned bars the adjacent channel member engageable by said clutch, said clutch having a head adapted to abut the last mentioned channel member about the opening therein, and means 20 urging said clutch member outwardly.

GEORGE BUSKEY. 

